Wichita eagle., 1887-03-29
r. N. q. A. MEETING.

Last Sabbath afternoon about three hum
dred Young men gethered at the Presbyterian
church to hear the address by DR.. Hunter
Corhett, Of China After hearty singing by
the Young men and ether preliminary exer-
cises, DR.. Corbett spoke for thirty minutes
from Psalms ill.,: "The works OF the Lord
are great; sought out of all them that have
Measure therein" The audience listened
most attentively to the burning words which
came from a heart on fire with the work OF
his Master in China At the close four
Young men manifested their desire to lead a
new life.
For the pre.ent the meetings will continue
to be held 10 the Presbyterian church owing
to the fact that the association hal cannot
accommodate half of the young men desiring
to attend
The daily noon meetings for business men
and ladies continue to be Of great interest
and profit to those attending.
YIN. C. A. WORK.
The following paragraph is taken from the
Monthly Messenger. the organ Of the Young
Mems Christian Association Of Newark, n.
J. of which Mr. c H. Yatman. who is well
known here. is general secretary:
WICHITA KANSAS
"The general secretary had most pleasant
visit to this live city OF the west. While tn
rooms Of the association are far from The
best, yet their work was in as good shape as
any where in the country. The young men
entered heartily into the meetings. The best
business men of the Town support the work.
In all the meetings held, both general and
specific, about 100 young men expressed q
desire to live for Christ We found build
ing fund OF SIT ,00), which by tw meetings,
one a supper, and one union service, was
increased to 81, ,0OO This sum will be in
creased to $4,000 This liberal support
might wei be adopted by many eastern
cities This whole sum wa, voluntary con-
trioution, and obtained without solicitation
in the way Of public canvas"
REV DIR HUNTER COnBETr AT THE PRES
BYTExlAN CHURCH.
Rev. DR. Hunter CorbeJt, missionary at
Cbefoo, China, who has been in ,hi country
for about year, is on his way back and
stopped of to visit his b. other. our esteemed
to .nsman, W. Scott Corbett. He filled the
pulpit Of the First Presbyterian church sun
dsy morning and evening, and gave thrilling
accounts of his work in the FIowery King
dom " here he has been laboring since 1868.
TIE work went slowly for years. He would
travel for weeks and months without hearing
a word of English or seeing a white face
received no sympathy from the people, was
pissed and called constantly the vilest
names, SO that he rejoicel when night came
that be might hide his head At last an
answer came In u very sad and terrible way.
A famine began in 1876 and ragged for two
years Out of 0,OO0,,t souls l0,OO0,O ,OW'
died The people lived on bark, leaves, and
even the flesh of the dead Whole village,
were depopulated. Tho white men and mis-
slonaries contributed most freely and We
went out and saved hundreds OF lives. Thi,
put US in a new position and gave US favor.
SUCH unseltish devotion convinced them
for actually ten or more missionaries died IN
this work. The Chinese arc not stupid they
have logical minds, and rs soon as they lay
aside their pre- judice, the truth never fails
to convince them. They are slow but when
thy do believe they will die for their faith.
There Is no more Stable people in the world
have seen them pleading with tears with
their friends, not caring what befeil them
The ingarhering for the past few years has
been Unparalleled l have circuit of ,0U0
mil s. have 1t In fifty counties where Chris
tlans meet every Sabbath day to wor- hip
God. visit them twice year sending word
IN advance, take with ne an elder
and a native preacher hold three or four
days meeting, administer the sacramsnts,
look after the schools, etc
Durn nx the bad weather 1 conduct classes
at my home preparing the natives for work
We have fifty trained native preachers
1t costs S75 a year 20 support one. and so a
y, ar to keep them in sch1l. | left over
twenty Of th.se in school, and have just
heard that on account Of want of funds ten
OF these had TO be sent back to their ti-lds
ami workshops Must l go back and tell
the rest 70 20 home! A. more conse rated
Christians iVe-they always bring something
as AN Offering 10 Coda ID this sonething :
at the cost Of doing without a meal
or without food for whole day. When
demonstrate with them thSy say: There is 2
bic, sing in giving ant l .ant it," In inN
church 1000 memb brs give systematically
and rropo'ti 1natel!, laring sacr'd dly aside
q, of, bo;,
The, bring their lisil. BIZ, OF money an the
first thing lay it on the altar. Dr. Corbe
gaze several affecting incidents of the won
deriul power of the gospel ii Transforming
toe lives nf thesa people, their Wholesouled
Conservation 10 Go g s'reice, and TIT il t
unphaot victory over dea'h. The Chi's-e
idea IF death is tzriiole-oailiDg water. iron
rs'ortS, grr a. mid st hes, serpen1s, for ages
at they are born again rs auimals OF pr
chance as men.
At the Close of his wonder ully instructive
AID int -re,ting address Rev: Ar. HeNlt.
sail be believed this wss @ mes aGe from
G. II to Us and we ought 81 support SIX ov
eight native prea hers The people ssenea
to be OF the same mlad ani a result 81
1857 WAS contributed for D.. Cor5ests
work; just testimony to ths thorough con
s.cratioa sound seus3 aud renaf habl- sue
cess of this great missionary to th. Ch,ass
The evening Ine,iins was oue
Of great interest aud was under
the auspices OF the Womsns Missionary
So .iety. Rev. 5 I. Davis OF Golden. Colo,
in fev woris toll OF how oy faith IN God
h was receiving money enough this yaa' 10
keep twelve men AZ work on this foreign